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Phil Peleton has been a professional actor for over ten years. He trained at London’s Poor School in 1998/99, and worked in theatre and film in the UK before returning to New Zealand. His UK experiences include an extensive UK tour of Euripides’ The Bacchae, and performing in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Fringe Season at the Notting Hill Gate theatre.

Since returning to New Zealand, Phil has appeared in numerous theatre, film and television productions. Highlights include playing Governor William Hobson in the telefeature Waitangi – What Really Happened, the shady Romanian Costel Waldheim in Shortland Street, and the swashbuckling poet John Donne in the Bacchanals theatre production of A Renaissance Man.

Phil has also appeared in several TV series, including Nothing Trivial, Outrageous Fortune, Legend of the Seeker and Time Trackers.

Go to the Showreel page to see clips from some of these shows.

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Quickly racking up awards all over the world, Welby Ing’s short film Munted is hopeful of a New Zealand release some time in 2012. Phil played the deeply troubled misfit Don in this visually stunning and very affecting story.